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Bloody SATS

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Ledkr · 11/05/2013 08:33

I know they are important to schools but its madness at dds school. They've gone on and on at them a out it for months, extra homework, extra lessons and generally created a great deal of expectation and stress.
Poor dd gets migraines and they are currently rife due to her worry over sats. She thinks they will impact on her going to her already allocated secondary school.
Then yesterday she came out with a list her teacher had given them. Apparently it's bed early a d a good breakfast (preferably cooked) which obviously all children need everyday.
It seems ott to me but hey.
Anyone got any comparisons?

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yaki · 14/05/2013 19:35

My children were in at the start of all this, I would never have guessed it would be turning children into nervous wrecks at 11 .

Indeed schools are judged by results, and some schools are poor. But it is your child and their happiness and well being are your main concern.

I was in a school recently and when a new class of Yr 7 were asked about the poems they liked one child piped up 'genre'. Tal about brain washing.

lljkk · 14/05/2013 20:12

DD says she feels quite relaxed about them, a bit meh even. Thing I realise now, they build up to this from yr2 (the exam format and whole assessment weeks, I mean). So there's nothing too different, except a feeling that the staff themselves is excited about it and some other special rules apply. Not that different otherwise.

forehead · 14/05/2013 20:50

When my dd tells me that she has found a test 'easy,' i am always concerned. It usually means that she has not answered the question .

hugoagogo · 14/05/2013 22:45

poor dd did 5 tests today, It is ridiculous.

Sparklingbrook · 15/05/2013 06:56

Day 3. We are getting there slowly.......

ThreeBeeOneGee · 15/05/2013 07:06

Maths today for DS2. It's one of his favourite subjects (or at least it was before SATs sucked much of the joy out of it).

mrz · 15/05/2013 07:06

They aren't meant to do 5 tests a day Shock hugoagogo! There are only 5 tests (plus 4 level 6) to be taken over 4 days

seeker · 15/05/2013 07:08

Why on earth did she do 5?

Sparklingbrook · 15/05/2013 07:19

DS2 has announced this morning he isn't very good at maths. Nothing like thinking positive eh? Hmm

RustyBear · 15/05/2013 07:27

The spelling and grammar were on two different papers, so if she was doing level 6 as well, she might have counted them as '4 tests?. Not sure where number 5 came from, unless she was sick on Monday and did the reading paper yesterday.

CouthyMow · 15/05/2013 07:30

DS1 said that the Spelling was easy, as was the punctuation and Grammar papers, but that the lvl 6 extended writing task was really hard.

He's looking forward to the Maths papers today though, veritably bouncing around eager to get to do them.

My DS1 loves Maths tests though! (Strange creature!!)

CouthyMow · 15/05/2013 07:30

The 5th paper would have been the lvl 6 extended writing paper.

seeker · 15/05/2013 07:33

And how long per paper

mankyscotslass · 15/05/2013 07:56

Poor DS1, its his birthday today, and more tests.

At least its all Maths today for him, he loves Maths.

mankyscotslass · 15/05/2013 07:57

Poor DS1, its his birthday today, and more tests.

At least its all Maths today for him, he loves Maths.

lljkk · 15/05/2013 08:07

SPAG is 2 different (fairly short) tests & then if you do L6 there are 2 more. Plus extended writing, so adds up to 5 tests in yesterday's schedule.

DD says the maths today is 4 different tests (in total with L6 papers). But I think only 2 hours in total, so a doddle after the marathon she had yesterday.

Sounds like the Reading test is the one they all dread.

DD & mate are laughing over silly spelling mistakes they made, not stressed.

worldgonecrazy · 15/05/2013 08:24

Wow - I've read this thread and I am so glad DD's school doesn't do SATS (but still managed to get the highest exam results in the area last year).

Yellowtip · 15/05/2013 09:17

mrz (or anyone) so if a child is sitting L6 in everything, how many papers in all - presumably 9?

nipersvest · 15/05/2013 09:18

hugo, my dd also said she did 5 tests yesterday, i took it to have been, spelling, punctuation and grammar in the morning, then 2 level 6 papers in the afternoon.

Sparklingbrook · 15/05/2013 09:22

DS2 only did Level 6 on Monday not in SPAG yesterday. What is the point of that?

MadeOfStarDust · 15/05/2013 09:29

worldgonecrazy - not every school goes nuts on SATs - ours gives a few practise papers in class in the month before and provides help where needed... they also ask the kids and parents of those who are capable IF they want to do level 6 papers. Some do - some don't..

EllenJanesthickerknickers · 15/05/2013 09:50

My DS3 also did the level 6 reading but not the level 6 SPAG, sparkling. He didn't do well enough on the practice SPAGs to warrant wasting his time on the level 6, but he's borderline level 6 for reading. They do report the results separately for Englsh, don't they?

EllenJanesthickerknickers · 15/05/2013 09:52

Practice SPAG, practise SPAG? Is it a noun or a verb? Or an adjective, describing the SPAG test? I give up...

Sparklingbrook · 15/05/2013 09:53

Yes, i think you are right Ellen. Bit of a mixed message though. It's like being told their reading is good-everything else not so much.

EllenJanesthickerknickers · 15/05/2013 09:54

Such is life, though, sparkling... Grin

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